The Reckoning
Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal
Mary L. Trump PhD
- The
- instant
- New
- York
- Times
- and
- USA
- Today
- bestsellerAmerica
- is
- suffering
- from
- PTSD—The
- Reckoning
- diagnoses
- its
- core
- causes
- and
- helps
- us
- begin
- the
- healing
- process.For
- four
- years,
- Donald
- J.
- Trump
- inflicted
- an
- onslaught
- of
- overlapping
- and
- interconnected
- traumas
- upon
- the
- American
- people,
- targeting
- anyone
- he
- perceived
- as
- being
- an
- “other”
- or
- an
- enemy.
- Women
- were
- discounted
- and
- derided,
- the
- sick
- were
- dismissed
- as
- weak
- and
- unworthy
- of
- help,
- immigrants
- and
- minorities
- were
- demonized
- and
- discriminated
- against,
- and
- money
- was
- elevated
- above
- all
- else.
- In
- short,
- he
- transformed
- our
- country
- into
- a
- macro
- version
- of
- his
- malignantly
- dysfunctional
- family.How
- can
- we
- make
- sense
- of
- the
- degree
- to
- which
- our
- institutions
- and
- leaders
- have
- let
- us
- down?
- How
- can
- we
- negotiate
- a
- world
- in
- which
- all
- sense
- of
- safety
- and
- justice
- seems
- to
- have
- been
- destroyed?
- How
- can
- we—as
- individuals
- and
- as
- a
- nation—confront,
- process,
- and
- overcome
- this
- loss
- of
- trust
- and
- the
- ways
- we
- have
- been
- forever
- altered
- by
- chaos,
- division,
- and
- cruelty?
- And
- when
- the
- dust
- finally
- settles,
- how
- can
- we
- begin
- to
- heal,
- in
- the
- midst
- of
- ongoing
- health
- and
- economic
- crises
- and
- the
- greatest
- political
- divide
- since
- the
- Civil
- War?Mary
- L.
- Trump
- is
- uniquely
- positioned
- to
- answer
- these
- difficult
- questions.
- She
- holds
- a
- Ph.D.
- in
- clinical
- psychology
- specializing
- in
- trauma,
- has
- herself
- been
- diagnosed
- with
- post-traumatic
- stress
- disorder,
- and
- happens
- to
- be
- Donald
- J.
- Trump’s
- only
- niece.
- In
- The
- Reckoning,
- she
- applies
- her
- unique
- expertise
- to
- the
- task
- of
- helping
- us
- confront
- an
- all-encompassing
- trauma,
- one
- that
- has
- taken
- an
- immense
- toll
- on
- our
- nation’s
- health
- and
- well-being.A
- new
- leader
- alone
- cannot
- fix
- us.
- Donald
- J.
- Trump
- is
- only
- the
- latest
- symptom
- of
- a
- disease
- that
- has
- existed
- within
- the
- body
- politic
- since
- America’s
- inception—from
- the
- original
- sin
- of
- slavery
- through
- our
- unceasing,
- organized
- commitment
- to
- inequality.
- Our
- failure
- to
- acknowledge
- this,
- let
- alone
- root
- it
- out,
- has
- allowed
- it
- to
- metastasize.
- Now,
- we
- are
- confronted
- with
- the
- limits
- of
- our
- own
- agency
- on
- a
- daily
- basis.
- Whether
- it
- manifests
- itself
- in
- rising
- levels
- of
- rage
- and
- hatred,
- or
- hopelessness
- and
- apathy,
- the
- unspeakable
- stress
- of
- living
- in
- a
- country
- we
- no
- longer
- recognize
- has
- affected
- all
- of
- us
- for
- a
- long
- time,
- in
- ways
- we
- may
- not
- fully
- understand.
- An
- enormous
- amount
- of
- healing
- must
- be
- done
- to
- rebuild
- our
- lives,
- our
- faith
- in
- leadership,
- and
- our
- hope
- for
- this
- nation.
- It
- starts
- with
- The Reckoning.
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